Thanks Jose, that's exactly what I wanted to know.  Yes, I copied
the cabs from the cd to that location.

Dan



> Are the cab files in c:\windows\options\cabs?
>
> In any event, you can point to the cabs in the registry.
>
> Expand HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
> Expand Software
> Expand Microsoft
> Expand Windows
> Expand CurrentVersion
>
> There you'll find a folder called Setup, hightlight it and in
the contents of it on the right of the screen you'll see
"SourcePath", edit the source path to where the cab files are.
>
> HTH,
>
> Jose
>
> Dan Kucherich wrote:
>
> > Can someone tell me what setting I need to change on a PC
that after installing components such as network services...etc,
that Windows will automatically look for the cab files in
c:\windows\options\cabs instead of d:\win98 (looking for the
windows 98 cd)?
> >
> > There must be a way to change this, but I haven't heard of
one as yet.
>

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